Chair of Stochastics

Research Interests

  • Mathematical Statistics
  • Applied Statistics
  • Probability Theory

Important information about exams (only in German)

Informationen zu Klausuren zur Mathematik für Geowissenschaftler und SEPM 1 und 2 finden Sie hier.

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Wichtiger Hinweis zu den Klausurterminen

Aus organisatorischen Gründen müssen die Klausuren über Mathematik für Geowissenschaftler und Mathematik für SEPM am 18.2.2025 bereits um 08:00 Uhr beginnen. Finden Sie sich spätestens um 07:40 Uhr im in den Informationen zur Klausur gegebenen Raum ein.

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Industry Cooperations

  • Quasol: Spin-Off Company of the Institute of Statistics
  • Novartis: Cooperation in Biostatistics
  • Bayer AG: Cooperation in Biostatistics

Statistical consulting

The chair offers statistical advice for scientists and students in the bachelor's, master's and doctoral phase. More information can be found here:Der Lehrstuhl bietet eine statistische Beratung für Wissenschaftler und Studierende in der Bachelor, Master und Promotionsphase an. Weitere Informationen finden Sie hier:

Statistical Consulting - Homepage

Press Releases (only in German)

The German Research Foundation (DFG) decided in October 2025 to extend funding for the research group “Mathematical Statistics in the Information Age” for another four years. Within this research group, Sophie Langer and Holger Dette from the Faculty of Mathematics at Ruhr University Bochum are working closely with researchers from the universities of Freiburg, Göttingen, Rostock, Berlin, and Vienna. Further details about the research group can be found at: 

https://for5381.uni-freiburg.de/projekte/home-bild03/

CSAW Middle East North Afrika (MENA) 2024 Recognition: Paper on Statistical Timing Side-Channel Analysis Achieves Second Place
The paper "With Great Power Come Great Side Channels: Statistical Timing Side-Channel Analyses with Bounded Type-1 Errors" has been awarded second place at the CSAW’ 24 Applied Research Competition MENA, held in Abu Dhabi from November 6th to 9th, 2024. More information.

Spatio-temporal Statistics for the Transition of Energy and Transport
Neuer DFG Sonderforschungsbereich Transregio 391, News RUB, Bochum, 31.05.2024.

Distinguished paper award conferred to paper on software fuzzing, 06/2024

Small Data
Neuer DFG Sonderforschungsbereich 1597 "small data more from less".

 

Mathematische Statistik im Informationszeitalter - Statistische Effizienz und rechentechnische Durchführbarkeit
Neue DFG Forschungsgruppe 5381, Pressestelle RUB, Bochum, 23.08.2021.

You will find older press releases here:  Archiv

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